Please submit abstracts before
April 15, 2006

1. Form of presentation: indicate oral presentation or poster.
   
2. The desired session for your abstract.
3. Title of your paper or poster.
   
4. Author(s), affiliations, addresses, and email addresses.
   
5. Indicate the presenter's name by adding a star symbol (*) after the name. (On a separate page please submit the presenter's name, affiliation, credentials and a very brief curriculum vitae to be used as an introduction.)
   Please specify the type of equipment that will be required for your presentation. The conference encourage using LCD projector, but you need a slide projector or other device please indicate it. Presenters are encouraged to bring several forms of their presentations, i.e., CD, zip disk, and printout. We have some preview rooms for you.
   
6. Abstract (250 words), saved with Microsoft Word (prefered) or txt format.
   
7. Email your abstract to carnivora@frostburg.edu


Guide lines for posters

1. Display boards will be provided for all posters. Posters should be designed to fit an area of 120 cm x 120 cm. The ideal design would be 120 cm in width and 95 cm in height. We will provide methods for attaching posters to the display boards.
2. Your poster should include the title, authors and affiliations, the key words, an introduction, methods, results, and discussion. The ideal poster is designed to (1) attract attention; (2) provide a brief overview of your work; and (3) initiate discussion.
3. Text should be confined to brief statements. Be sure to use fonts and illustrations large enough to be easily read from a distance of 1 m. Keep tables, figures, and photographs simple (i.e., convey only one idea per image).
4. Presenters are asked to be available at their posters to discuss their posters with interested viewers during scheduled the poster session and per additionally, during refreshment breaks.

An incomplete abstract example:

Oral presentation for undergraduate student research symposium.

Using SEM LAV model to observe carnivorous plants. - Michael Gould* and Hongqi Li, Department of Biology, Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD, USA, 21532. Emails: mgould0@frostburg.edu and hli@frostburg.edu.

Previously it is expensive and time consuming to prepare SEM samples, because we have to dry the samples and coat them with desired carbon, gold, or other material, before we can observe the plant material with SEM. This requirement made it more difficult to handle pollen or tiny plant seeds. However, the new JOEL SEM has a Low VAC model that can allow us to directly put a plant specimen, even a tiny fresh flower, into the SEM sample chamber and observe it. Once we adjust the the model to the best setting, the images come out very clearly. We will share some SEM photos of pollen and seeds of several Sarrancenia species and Dionaea (Venus Fly Trap), and structures of other canivorous plants.